Water-closet



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE@ JOHN MGGUIEE, OE MILWAUKEE, WIsOONsIN.

wATER-OLO'SET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,193, dated August2, 1881. pplication tiled May 1,6, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN MOGUIRE, ofMilwaukee,`in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin,have invented-certain new and useful Improvements in Water- Glosets; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

My invention relates to water-closets, and will be fully describedhereinafter.

The drawing is a central vertical section of a waterfcloset embodying myinvention, and in whicht A is the seat. B is the bowl. Cris the pan,hinged, as usual, to a basin, D, which I have improved as follows: Icast or otherwise pro-- .vide it with a chamber, J, into which I dependY from the rim of the bowl, and just beneath the drip-opening H, a cage,F, having an opening, b, in its bottom, and in through opening b, Iforce a rubber ball, G. On the side of the 'basin D, opposite thechamber J, I provide said basin with an outlet-pipe, L, leading to achimney or any other outlet in which there is a draft, so that therewill always be a circulation of air through opening H into basin D andout through pipe L, keeping the space between the pan e C and tra-p Efree from foul air. This draft will also tend to draw the foul air fromthe bowl B afterit has been used, for when the pan is dumped it willdraw the gaseous contents down into the basin, to be carried out throughpipe L.

I propose to provide the lift or seat of the closet with a suitableregister to admit the air from the room to the opening H, and, as usual,this openin g is just beneath the coupling I, so that any leakage fromthe coupling may fall into the basin.

Heretofore the drip-openin gs in Water-closet basins have permitted thefluid which a stoppage in the sewer-pipe would cause to accumulate toescape and ilow down upon the door and thence to the ceiling belowbefore it could be discovered. To remedy this I provide'the ball G,which, when the basin hasv filled, will be carried up against opening Hand completely close it, when the fluid, having no other outlet, willrise into the bowl at each dump of the pan, Where it may be seen beforeit has done any damage. To prevent rust, I may face .the opening H withbrass.

I have shown the cage F as solid on all sides t drip -Openings H, incombination with a ballm and cage, as set forth.

2. In a Water-closet, the basin D, chamber J, cage l", air-inlet H, andvalve controlling the same, in combination with the pipe L,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handthis 25th day of April, 1881.

JOHN MCGUIRE.

Witnesses:

HAROLD G. UNDERWOOD, STANLEY S. STOUT.

